Next Trucking Announces New App, Online Fright Shipping Platform

NEXT Trucking bills itself as a“unique” trucking marketplace which allows truckers to sell their services by posting the routes they want to drive at the pay they want to earn.

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Next Trucking has announced its new mobile app and online on-demand freight shipping platform, designed to streamline international shipping logistics demands.

The trucking marketplace allows truckers to sell their services by posting the routes they want to drive at the pay they want to earn. A mobile app and online portal then allows shippers to hire the trucker that best matches their needs, giving both full transparency in the transaction. As a result, Next Trucking says, shippers get a competitive price and fast delivery, while its proprietary rating system holds truckers accountable for their service, ensuring that shippers get the best services that carriers have to offer.

Next Trucking says CargoPM, one of China's leading international logistics services providers, now exclusively uses its over-the-road online trucking application to book loads on lanes to distribution centers. "Our partnership with CargoPM and leading ecommerce fulfillment companies will help shippers and distributors save on their freight forwarding efforts," said Lidia Yan, CEO of Next Trucking. "We are also very excited for our elite team of independent drivers on the Next Trucking app to have more loads to choose from with our proprietary Book It! function."

The new program process starts with CargoPM shipping to Los Angeles area ports; Next Trucking then moves the freight to partner warehouses that provide a host of services, including:

"Partnering with Next Trucking is a big leap forward for the cross-border ecommerce industry," said Ken Chen, founding partner of CargoPM. "We are China's leading international logistics platform, and this partnership with Next Trucking gives us an unparalleled advantage over rivals in the foreseeable future."

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